Jevtic: Winning all ten mandates is important so that there would not be those who work according to Pristina's dictates

The Vice President of the Serb List and Mayor of Strpce, Dalibor Jevtic, emphasizes that the Serb List will participate in the parliamentary elections on February 9 to ensure that the mandates guaranteed for representatives of the Serbian community in the Kosovo Assembly and Government are not occupied by individuals who work against the interests of the Serbian people in Kosovo.

Jevtic says that the Serb List, which submitted its candidate list yesterday, will act in the interest of the Serbian community and will not allow anything that could harm the position of the Serbian people in Kosovo. He expresses confidence in securing all ten mandates guaranteed for the Serbian community, which he says is essential to prevent the presence of Serbs in the Kosovo Assembly who, "under someone else's dictate from Pristina, would adopt legal norms and regulations detrimental to the Serbian community."

"Without a double two-thirds majority, for instance, it is impossible to amend the Law on Local Self-Government or other regulations that affect the interests and rights of non-majority communities. We will not allow someone to sit in the Kosovo Government who, despite being nominally Serbian, was neither elected by the Serbian people nor Serbian representatives, and who votes, as Rasic did, for the expropriation of Serbian property in northern Kosovo and Metohija. There are multiple examples where Mr. Rasic raised his hand in favor of actions against the Serbian people's interests because he had to. He was not elected by the Serbian people, he was chosen by Kurti, who appointed him and instructed him to 'do as I say.' This is precisely why we must fight in the upcoming electoral process to ensure that no one, either in the Assembly or the Government of Kosovo, works against the Serbian people's interests. This is the most important reason for our participation in the elections on February 9," Jevtic stressed.

He adds that another example of the lack of democracy in Kosovo is the current absence of a Vice President of the Kosovo Assembly from the Serbian community, a position vital to the processes within the Kosovo parliament.

"Additionally, the image of Serb List MPs being denied access to the Kosovo parliament reflects the current regime's attitude toward the Serbian people. When the Speaker of the Assembly tells Serb List MPs to leave the chamber, it can be interpreted as a statement that the Serbian people should not be in Kosovo. Our democratic struggle aims to prevent anyone from the Albanian community, whether as Speaker of the Assembly or in any other role, from achieving their goal of eliminating Serbs from institutions and, ultimately, from Kosovo itself," Jevtic concluded.